When you’re self-employed and work from home, it’s very convenient and easy to be able to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Technology makes it even easier. Everyone has a smartphone or a tablet an so you could be connected all the time. Unfortunately, this was me far too often (and I still slip up from… Read More

When I lived in NYC and my children were born, my friends warned me that I needed to start preparing now so that they could get into a good preschool. Now? Really? We just got home from the hospital. Unfortunately, in NYC, they weren’t far from the truth. You had to figure out where you were going to apply and… Read More

When I got divorced, I never realized how much the world is geared toward couples, groups, and families. Everything seems to be in pairs. When you want to go to an event you’re offered to purchase tickets in pairs. When you go to a restaurant, tables are typically set up for pairs of people. Even when I tried out a… Read More

Should I give my kids a tablet? Everyone has a cell phone it seems. Not only a cell phone, but a tablet, laptop, Fitbit, and it seems a dozen other devices. I rarely go anywhere without my cell phone and feel lost if I forget it on the charger at home. I’m much more likely to forget my purse than… Read More

If you’ve been working in your business for any length of time, you probably know that at the beginning you’re going to have more money going out than you do coming in. You figure, you haven’t made any money yet so why should you even worry about keeping good financial records, right? You can get to it when the money… Read More

The other night, we decided to have a family movie night. Trolls seemed to have gotten great reviews from both parents and kids, so seemed like the right choice. I figured it’d be one of those movies where I’d start it, let the kids enjoy and try to pretend that I was interested. I’m so happy that I was wrong. … Read More